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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 9h

British actress Deborah Kerr was born #OnThisDay in 1921. She wore this Helen Rose designed green raw silk cocktail dress with navy embroidered polka dots as Laura Reynolds in the 1956 film, Tea and Sympathy. Sold by Bonhams. #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 16h

American actress Angie Dickinson was born #OnThisDay in 1931. She wore this Edith Head designed black silk gown heavily adorned with black bugle beads and sequins in a paisley design to present an Oscar at the 1965 Academy Awards. Richard John collection. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This week's #TwentiesTuesday garment is this c. 1925 evening dress with an embroidered cream silk chiffon bodice and cap sleeves and a 'skirt' of long beaded fringe, attributed to Reville and Rossiter. London Museum collection. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Princess Diana attended the LSO's 85th anniversary concert at The Barbican #OnThisDay in 1989. She wore a Bellville Sassoon off-the-shoulder black cocktail dress with a sequin embellished lace bodice trim with a bow and whi satin collar and cuffs. Historic Royal Palaces collection. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The 'Queen of Burlesque' Dita Von Teese was born #OnThisDay in 1972. Mr. Pearl created this crystallized mesh corset that Von Teese wore under his illusion "Canary" dress with feather train. The 2010 dress is embellished with thousands of yellow Swarovski crystals. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Dalmatian Italian fashion designer Mila Schön was born #OnThisDay in 1916. She designed this haute couture white embroidered net evening dress with crêpe petticoat for Marella Agnelli to wear to Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball in 1966. V&A collection. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Award-winning American actress Gwyneth Paltrow was born #OnThisDay in 1972. She wore this Mary Zophres designed teal wool sweater and grey wool tweed skirt as flight attendant Donna Jensen in View from the Top (2003). Sold by Juliens Auctions. #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Canadian artist and fashion designer Jason Wu was born #OnThisDay in 1982. He designed this navy and floral-patterned jacquard strapless evening gown that was worn by First Lady Michelle Obama to a state dinner during the 2016 Canada State Visit. Obama Presidential Library. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

French jewellery designer Suzanne Belperron was born #OnThisDay in 1900. Diana Vreeland owned this c. 1934 Belperron rock crystal and diamond 'Facetté' cuff bracelet. She was photographed wearing it at the El Morocco nightclub in New York in 1938. Sold by Christies. #jewellery #design

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Singer and actress Dame Olivia Newton-John was born #OnThisDay in 1948. She wore this Fleur Thiemeyer designed floral embellished apricot silk chiffon gown and beaded spandex bodysuit to attend the 50th Annual Academy Awards in 1978. Sold by Juliens Auctions. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

American costume designer Colleen Atwood was born #OnThisDay in 1948. She designed this faded dark green frock coat, embroidered satin waistcoat, and brown silk trousers for Alan Rickman as Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007). Sold by Kerry Taylor Auctions. #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Audrey Hepburn married Mel Ferrer in Switzerland #OnThisDay in 1954. Hepburn wore a Pierre Balmain tea-length gown of white organdie with a satin sash, that she accessorized with gloves and a floral crown. The dress was displayed in the Intimate Audrey exhibition. #fashionhistory #audreyhepburn

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

American fashion designer Patrick Kelly was born #OnThisDay in 1954. He designed this stretch velour leopard print dress with a multi-tie bodice that was modelled by Iman on the Fall 1989 Patrick Kelly catwalk as a one-shouldered dress. Sold by Shrimpton Couture. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

French model and actress Marie-Hélène Arnaud was born #OnThisDay in 1934. She was photographed by Henry Clarke for French Vogue in March 1958 modelling this Yves Saint Laurent for Dior S/S 1958 embroidered silk tulle "L'Eléphant Blanc" dress. Met Museum collection. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

French painter and model Suzanne Valadon was born #OnThisDay in 1865. She was painted by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in 1885 wearing a fashionable purple dress in a similar style to this silk bustle example from the Albany Institute. Painting from Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

German-French actress Romy Schneider was born #OnThisDay in 1938. She wore this Gerdago designed cream and gold embroidered gown with sheer lace sleeves as Empress Elisabeth of Austria when she is crowned Queen of Hungary in Sissi: The Young Empress (1956). #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress Joan Jett was born #OnThisDay in 1958. She wore this Audrey Carter cropped jacket with multi-coloured sequin embellishments when David Bowie visited her backstage in New York in 1989. Sold in aid of Musicares by Juliens Auctions. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Japanese-born British fashion designer Gina Fratini was born #OnThisDay in 1931. She designed this silk organza floor-length dress printed with a pastel design of flowers, birds, hands and faces, and embellished with feathers, for Neiman Marcus. Sold by Shrimpton Couture. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

American TV host and actress Ricki Lake was born #OnThisDay in 1968. Lake wore this Van Smith pink satin dress with a pattern of black roaches as Tracy Turnblad in John Waters' Hairspray (1988). The dress was displayed in the John Waters: Pope of Trash exhibition. #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

John F. Kennedy Jr. married Carolyn Bessette #OnThisDay in 1996 in a private ceremony on Cumberland Island. The bride wore a Narciso Rodriguez slip dress made from pearl-while silk crêpe accessorized with a silk tulle veil, gloves, and Manolo Blahnik sandals. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Award-winning Italian actress Sophia Loren was born #OnThisDay in 1934. She wore this Pierre Balmain black silk velvet dress as heiress Epifania Parerga in the opening scene of The Millionairess (1960). Sold by The Fashion Auctioneer. #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

American fashion designer James Galanos was born #OnThisDay in 1924. He designed this Galanos couture for Nan Duskin black polka dot net lace cocktail dress with rhinestone straps in A/W 1967. Lauren Hutton modelled it in the pages of Vogue. Sold by Timeless Vixen. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Model and actress Dame Lesley Lawson, better known as #Twiggy, was born #OnThisDay in 1949. She wore this Shirley Russell designed "Poor Little Pierrette" costume in her role as Polly Browne in The Boyfriend (1971). Her performance won her two Golden Globe Awards. #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Designer Dame Zandra Rhodes was born #OnThisDay in 1940. She designed this ball gown consisting of a black quilted satin bodice, a gold pleated polyamide polyester and lamé skirt and 'panniers' over black printed silk tulle for her A/W 1981 Renaissance Collection. V&A collection. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My dream dress for celebrating another year around the sun. This embroidered cream and pink silk satin evening gown was designed by Rahvis in 1952. London Museum collection. #fashionhistory #birthday

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This week's #ThirtiesThursday garment is Chanel's lemon yellow silk crêpe dress and scarf ensemble from S/S 1930. The simple silhouette is transformed via the vertical pleating and shirring embellishment on the bodice. LACMA collection. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

American fashion designer Stan Herman was born #OnThisDay in 1928. He is perhaps best known for designing corporate uniforms, such as this rust Dacron polyester skirt suit and printed blouse that was worn by United Airlines flight attendants from 1976. SFO Museum collection. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

English fashion designer Susie Cave, the co-founder of The Vampire's Wife label, was born #OnThisDay in 1966. Catherine, Princess of Wales, wore The Vampire's Wife emerald green silk-blend chiffon ‘Falconetti’ dress during a visit to Ireland in March 2020. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

American actress and model Lauren Bacall was born #OnThisDay in 1924. She wore this "Elizabeth Courtney Costumes" evening gown with a high leg slit, adorned with vertical stripes of black bugle beads, as Margo Channing in the 1970 Broadway musical, Applause. Sold via Bonhams. #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This week's #TwentiesTuesday garment is this c. 1925 pink/red crêpe de chine drop waist overdress that has a matching belt. The skirt is embellished with a wide, hand-embroidered border of flowers, leaves and branches. Amsterdam Museum collection. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

English actress Margaret Lockwood was born #OnThisDay in 1916. She wore this Julie Harris designed red silk gown embellished with black and pink lace at the collar and cuffs as the Stepmother in The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976). Sold via Heritage Auctions. #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

English singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse was born #OnThisDay in 1983. She wore this Jeremy Scott figure hugging carnation pink mini dress printed with a dance step chart to perform at the Zenith in Paris in 2007. Sold by Juliens Auctions. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

English film and TV actress Jacqueline Bisset was born #OnThisDay in 1944. She wore this Tony Walton designed bias cut grey silk dress and cream silk shantung coat trimmed with white fur as Countess Andrenyi in Murder on the Orient Express (1974). Sold via Kerry Taylor Auctions. #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Award-winning actress Claudette Colbert was born #OnThisDay in 1903. She wore this Travis Banton designed hand-embroidered black chiffon wrap top and matching skirt as the Queen of Egypt in Cecil B. DeMille's 1934 film version of Cleopatra. Sold by Propstore. #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

American actress and singer Emmy Rossum was born #OnThisDay in 1986. She wore this this Alexandra Byrne designed wedding dress with a lace trimmed bodice and apron draped skirt as Christine Daee in The Phantom of the Opera (2004). Sold by Juliens Auctions. #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Jacqueline Bouvier married John F. Kennedy #OnThisDay in 1953. Her custom ivory-coloured silk taffeta wedding dress, featuring interwoven tucking bands and tiny wax flowers on the skirt, was created by the African-American fashion designer Ann Lowe. JFK Library collection. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

English fashion designer Kim Jones was born #OnThisDay in 1979. For his debut couture collection as artistic director for Fendi Womenswear he designed this hybrid emsemble, consisting of a half jacket with a panel of pleated georgette and a pink silk embroidered dress. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Irish fashion designer Simone Rocha was born #OnThisDay in 1986. She designed this sculpted lace appliquéd corset embellished with silver hand-painted enamel poppies, worn over a silk tulle underdress, that model Adwoa Aboah wore to this year's Met Gala. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This week's #ThirtiesThursday garment is in honour of Elsa Schiaparelli who was born #OnThisDay in 1890. She designed this black Linton wool haute couture evening coat with Lesage embroidered lapels for her London label's A/W 1936-37 collection. Sold by Kerry Taylor Auctions. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

German fashion designer and photographer Karl Lagerfeld was born #OnThisDay in 1933. He designed this graphic black and white printed silk crêpe "Rachmaninoff” dress with a matching headscarf for Chloé's S/S 1973 collection. Chloé archive. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Catherine, Princess of Wales, released a video #OnThisDay in 2024 sharing the news that she had completed her chemotherapy treatment. The Princess wore a Veronica Beard Castella ivory and blue cotton block-print dress with a tiered, ruffled hem in the footage. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Emergency Services Day, honouring police, fire, and NHS staff, takes place in the UK annually #OnThisDay. This blue wool jacket and skirt formed the uniform of the first female Police Officers to serve in Birmingham in 1918. West Midlands Police Museum collection. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This week's #TwentiesTuesday garment is this brown crêpe chiffon and brown silk underdress, worn with a lace tunic with an asymmetrical neckline and scalloped hem. The tunic also features a brown silk velvet ribbon belt and matching cuffs. Sold by Augusta Auctions. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

American singer Patsy Cline was born #OnThisDay in 1932. She wore this hand-embellished black sequined cocktail dress on the cover of The Legend of Patsy Cline album and for numerous performances. It has a 'Maison/Mendessolle/San Francisco' label. Sold by Christies. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Queen Elizabeth I was born #OnThisDay in 1533. The Bacton Altar Cloth, made from silver chamblet silk and professionally embroidered in gold and silver thread, is believed to be the only known surviving example of Elizabeth I's clothing. Historic Royal Palaces. #textiles #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Welsh fashion designer and businesswoman Laura Ashley was born #OnThisDay in 1925. She designed this floral printed cotton dress with a high neckline, puff sleeves and a full tiered skirt, trimmed with lace, in the early 1970s. Sold by The Pansy Garden. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

British actress Naomie Harris was born #OnThisDay in 1976. She wore this Jany Temime designed burgundy leather coat and cream rollneck jumper ensemble as Eve Moneypenny in the James Bond film, Spectre (2015). #film #costume #JamesBond

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

French fashion designer Jacques Fath was born #OnThisDay in 1912. He designed this "St. Charles" formal afternoon dress made from satin-trimmed cotton piqué, for his S/S 1953 collection. Vogue deemed it "one of the best dresses in the Fath collection". FIDM Museum collection. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

American actress Raquel Welch was born #OnThisDay in 1940. She wore this Bob Mackie designed halter-neck dress embellished with gold, silver, and brown sequins and rhinestones and sheer chiffon cutouts to perform on TV and stage throughout the 1970s. Sold via Juliens Auctions. #fashionhistory

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